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Nun

Also called Non

Mentioned 1490–444 BC traditional (Jones)

Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Elishama
Child
Joshua
Tagged in
30 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Nun, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. likely location: Jericho2
  2. location not graded: Canaan1
  3. likely location: Shiloh1
  4. possible location: Shittim1
  5. location not graded: West Manasseh1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1752–182 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

30 tagged verses in 8 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Exodus1
  2. Numbers11
  3. Deuteronomy4
  4. Joshua10
  5. Judges1
  6. 1 Kings1
  7. 1 Chronicles1
  8. Nehemiah1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBNun 30Non 0
KJVNun 29Non 1
ASVNun 30Non 0

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 30 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Exodus1 verse
  1. 33:11

    Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

Numbers11 verses
  1. 11:28

    Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

  2. 13:8

    from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

  3. 13:16

    These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

  4. 14:6

    Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

  5. 14:30

    Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

  6. 14:38

    Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

  7. 26:65

    For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

  8. 27:18

    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

  9. 32:12

    not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’

  10. 32:28

    So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.

  11. 34:17

    “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

Deuteronomy4 verses
  1. 1:38

    Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

  2. 31:23

    Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

  3. 32:44

    Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

  4. 34:9

    Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Joshua10 verses
  1. 1:1

    Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,

  2. 2:1

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

  3. 2:23

    Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.

  4. 6:6

    So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

  5. 14:1

    Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.

  6. 17:4

    They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.

  7. 19:49

    When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,

  8. 19:51

    These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

  9. 21:1

    Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel

  10. 24:29

    Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

Judges1 verse
  1. 2:8

    And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

1 Kings1 verse
  1. 16:34

    In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

1 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 7:27

    Nun his son, and Joshua his son.

Nehemiah1 verse
  1. 8:17

    The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).